11-29-2021, 04:34 PM
If your bootloader or other data gets corrupted, you'll have to reboot from the Rescue Disk if you want to decrypt and access your files. Rescue Disk will also keep a backup image of the original contents of the drive, allowing you to restore when needed.
Note that you'll still need to provide your password when using Rescue Disk, so it won't be a "golden key" to access all of your files. VeraCrypt will only create a Rescue Disk ISO image at C:\Users\NAME\Documents\VeraCrypt Rescue Disk.iso by default. You will need to manually burn the ISO image to disc.
Make sure you burn a copy of the Rescue Disk so you can access your files if something goes wrong. You will not be able to reuse the same Rescue Disk VeraCrypt on multiple computers, you will need a unique rescue disk for each PC!
Note that you'll still need to provide your password when using Rescue Disk, so it won't be a "golden key" to access all of your files. VeraCrypt will only create a Rescue Disk ISO image at C:\Users\NAME\Documents\VeraCrypt Rescue Disk.iso by default. You will need to manually burn the ISO image to disc.
Make sure you burn a copy of the Rescue Disk so you can access your files if something goes wrong. You will not be able to reuse the same Rescue Disk VeraCrypt on multiple computers, you will need a unique rescue disk for each PC!